There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
AKBAR GANJIThere are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
AKBAR GANJIWe must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJIIn the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
AKBAR GANJIReligion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
AKBAR GANJII have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
AKBAR GANJIBut I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
AKBAR GANJIIt was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
AKBAR GANJIIf you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
AKBAR GANJIThey lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
AKBAR GANJIReligion is separate from the institution of the state.
AKBAR GANJIIran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJIThe lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
AKBAR GANJII could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
AKBAR GANJIThe entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
AKBAR GANJIWe can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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